वज्र
Sanskrit
noun
Definitions
- (also ) "the hard or mighty one", a thunderbolt
- a diamond (thought to be as hard as the thunderbolt or of the same substance with it), (, , etc.)
- a kind of talc ()
- a kind of penance (feeding for a month on only barley prepared with cow's urine) ()
- sour gruel ()
- a form of military array (, , etc.) (compare वज्रव्यूह (tr=vajra-vyūha))
- a kind of column or pillar ()
- a particular form of the moon (ib.)
- a particular एकाह (tr=ekāha) ()
- a kind of hard mortar or cement (कल्क (tr=kalka)) () (compare वज्रलेप (tr=vajra-lepa))
- name of the 15th of the 27 yogas or astronomical divisions of time (ib.)
- a particular soma ceremony ()
- and another species ()
- ()
- name of a mountain ()
- name of an asura ()
- name of a son of अनिरुद्ध (tr=aniruddha) (, , )
- name of a son of विश्वामित्र (tr=viśvāmitra) ()
- name of a son of Manu Sāvarṇa ()
- (Jainism) of one of the 10 dala-pūrvins ()
- name of a rishi () (compare वात्स्य (tr=vātsya))
- name of a minister of नरेन्द्रादित्य (tr=narendrāditya) ()
- name of a son of भूति (भूति) (ib.)
- name of a heretical king ()
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *wáȷ́ras inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáȷ́ras (mace) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (be strong, awake, lively, be fresh, cheerful, strong, be awake, be cheerful).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*weǵ-
Gloss
be strong, awake, lively, be fresh, cheerful, strong, be awake, be cheerful
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
強
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- vajra English
- höyryvasara Finnish
- ilmavasara Finnish
- iskuvasara Finnish
- isovasara Finnish
- juotosvasara Finnish
- juottovasara Finnish
- kankivasara Finnish
- konevasara Finnish
- kuulapäävasara Finnish
- lyijyvasara Finnish
- läskivasara Finnish
- niittausvasara Finnish
- nokivasara Finnish
- paineilmavasara Finnish
- pajavasara Finnish
- pallopäävasara Finnish
- peltivasara Finnish
- poravasara Finnish
- pudotusvasara Finnish
- puuvasara Finnish
- sorkkavasara Finnish
- sotavasara Finnish
- takovasara Finnish
- talttavasara Finnish
- vasara Finnish
- vasarahai Finnish
- vasarajuotin Finnish
- vasarakirves Finnish
- vasarakoneisto Finnish
- vasaralaite Finnish
- vasaraluu Finnish
- vasaramies Finnish
- vasaramurskain Finnish
- vasaranisku Finnish
- vasaranvarsi Finnish
- vasaroida Finnish
- vasartaa Finnish
- väkivasara Finnish
- vigil Latin
- vigilia Latin
- *weǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *wahtwō Proto-Germanic
- *wakaną Proto-Germanic
- *wakjaną Proto-Germanic
- *wakraz Proto-Germanic
- *wakāną Proto-Germanic
- vakt Swedish
- 金剛 Japanese
- 金剛力 Japanese
- 金剛山 Japanese
- 金剛石 Japanese
- 金剛般若波羅蜜多経 Japanese
- 金剛鸚哥 Japanese
- hallvardsok Norwegian Nynorsk
- jakobsok Norwegian Nynorsk
- vak Norwegian Nynorsk
- bartholomeusmessa Old Norse
- bótolfsvaka Old Norse
- pétrsvaka Old Norse
- svitunsvaka Old Norse
- vakinn Old Norse
- vǫku Old Norse
- ólafsvaka Old Norse
- گرز Persian
- วิเชียร Thai
- เพชร Thai
- վզուրկ Old Armenian
- စိန် Burmese
- ဝဇီရာ Burmese
- 𐌳𐌿𐍅𐌰𐌺𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- vasar Estonian
- *vasara Proto-Finnic
- wacht Middle Low German
- vajira Pali
- *wáȷ́rakas, *wáȷ́ras Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *wáȷ́ras Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *wā́ȷ́as Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *wáȷ́ras Proto-Indo-Aryan
- বজ্র Bengali
- гъурз Adyghe
- *waśara Proto-Uralic
- 𐎺𐏀𐎼𐎣 Old Persian
- vazār Livonian
- bejra Old Khmer
- vajra Old Khmer